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My CD player seems to have stopped reading CDs. I did a quick open up with a cotton bud and some air in a can to clean the dust and (gently!) clean dust off the laser. Anyway, it still didn't work. I tried putting a CD in with the top off (too see if it was mechanically fine). It seems to spin up for about 4 seconds and I could see from the side that the laser is also moving/searching.
At this stage, electronic/capacitors seem likely except that the CD spit seems to oscillate slightly from side to side. Is that normal? I'd have thought it would have to spin on a very exact centre. I'm hoping that maybe this vibration-like movement is unusual and the reason that the laser can't track the source?
If not, does anyone have a photo with the main likely components circled? I'd rather not spend a week going round everything if it's more-often-than-not one of a couple parts that are the first to go.
Hi!
The wobbling suggests that the CD is not clamped properly.
The height of the clamp itself is wrong, possibly because of bad mechanical adjustment, or the springs have a problem because the machine was not serviced properly...
Has anybody changed the belt?
Also, the motor will have to be re-lubricated as always, but this is difficult.
Jacques
That's what I was hoping someone would agree with! As long as it's not hours/days spent checking capacitors...
Nobody's worked on the unit as far as I know and it's worked fine for the previous 10 years I've owned it. I just downloaded the service manual and there seems to be few pages talking about adjusting heights. I'm assuming it's like tightening up some screws as tolerences have slipped over the 30 years since it was made, sort of like wheel tracking on a car.
Oops sorry I thought I read CD50...
Too much wine yesterday.
For the CD5500 probably the Philips blue cap on the servo board. The clamp wobbling is normal here.
chartz: Oops sorry I thought I read CD50... Too much wine yesterday. For the CD5500 probably the Philips blue cap on the servo board. The clamp wobbling is normal here.
Replace C2103 with a 47uF 25v Vishay blue capacitor or get a repair kit from Dillen on this site.
Regards Graham